gzn_march_203203marchgznyesFreedom Day School PosterFreedom Day school withdrawal : Mon. May 18th, 1964Milwaukee United School Integration CommitteeSigns and signboards--Wisconsin--MilwaukeeMilwaukee United School Integration CommitteeCivil rights--Wisconsin--MilwaukeeCivil rights workers--Wisconsin--MilwaukeeCivil rights movements--United States--History--20th centuryCivil rights movements--Wisconsin--MilwaukeeCivil rights demonstrations--Wisconsin--MilwaukeeAfrican Americans--Social conditions--Wisconsin--MilwaukeeAfrican Americans--Civil rights--Wisconsin--MilwaukeeAfrican Americans--Civil rights--HistoryAfrican Americans--Civil rights--History--20th centuryAfrican Americans--Social conditions--20th centuryRace relationsMilwaukee (Wis.)--Race relationsSegregation in education--Wisconsin--MilwaukeeAfrican American students--Wisconsin--MilwaukeeEducation--Wisconsin--MilwaukeeDiscrimination in education--Wisconsin--MilwaukeeSchools--Wisconsin--MilwaukeeSchool integration--Wisconsin--MilwaukeeSchool attendance--Wisconsin--MilwaukeeSchool enrollment--Wisconsin--MilwaukeeBoycotts--Wisconsin--MilwaukeeDemocracy--Study and teaching--Wisconsin--MilwaukeeVolunteers--Wisconsin--MilwaukeeVolunteer workers in education--Wisconsin--MilwaukeeAfrican Americans--Wisconsin--MilwaukeeAfrican Americans--SegregationCommunity and school--Wisconsin--MilwaukeeEquality--United StatesBrotherlinessLibertyAutonomyDignityThis poster was created during the civil rights era to promote the boycott of Milwaukee Public Schools and encourage attendance at temporary, alternative schools known as freedom schools. The boycott was part of an effort to desegregate the public school system and was led by the Milwaukee United School Integration Committee (MUSIC). The poster dates from the first boycott, which was held on May 18, 1964. Approximately 11,000 children--roughly 60% of Milwaukee's black, inner-city school population--stayed out of school, and about 8,500 attended the freedom schools. "Here" handwritten on the poster, indicating that it was likely placed at one of the freedom schools. Printed on an off-white background with lettering in red and blue. Poster is glued down to a piece of tagboard.Milwaukee, Wis. : University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee LibrariesenImageDocumentsPostershttp://collections.lib.uwm.edu/u?/march,203Poster board; 46 x 79 cm.Image/jp2UWM Manuscript Collection 268, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee LibrariesMarch On Milwaukee - Civil Rights History Project1964-05-18Milwaukee (Wis.)Milwaukee County (Wis.)Milwaukee United School Integration Committee.20121129 113523